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The a</SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US">rchive file is a standard zip file, which contain all the files needed by the module and DNN.</SPAN></SPAN></p> <P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US">The archive should contain a file with a ".dnn" extension, which is the file that controls the module installation. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US">The dnn file is read with a standard XML DOM's reader, thus should be a valid XML file.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></p> <P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US">A typical archive files contains:</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></p> <UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US">A DNN file that describes what needs to be installed.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US">One or more DLL files that contains the compiled code.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US">One or more ASCX files that contains the user interface</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US">One or more SQL script files to install and uninstall the database items</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Images, help and guide files</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></LI></UL> <P><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Please note that text files like the SQL script files should be Unicode format, as the core framework readers expect the files to be in this format. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></p> <P align="center"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><SPAN lang="EN-US"><IMG width="550" height="245" border="0" src="http://www.dotnetnuke.dk/Portals/0/package_zipcontent.gif" /></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD><TABLE width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD valign="top" align="right" class="Normal"><HR /><FONT color="#999999">Overview</FONT> | Page 1 of 2 | <A class="Normal" title="DNN install file" href="http://www.dotnetnuke.dk/Default.aspx?PageContentID=36&tabid=63">DNN install file</A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD class="dnndkbl"></TD><TD></TD><TD width="10" class="dnndkbr"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AD1F73CE-3F48-441B-AD55-B793BD1F37E4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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